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TIL that the Tower of Babel was built to avoid a second flood by the descendants of Noah, who all spoke a single language. As a result, they were punished by being scattered and made to speak different languages, so they could no longer understand each other.

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b6ld4 TIL that the Hard Hat was originally called the Hard Boiled Hat and was made up of steamed canvas and shellac with leather brims which were used in the construction of the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge.
KOoAa TIL that in 2015, New York City went 12 days without a reported homicide. It was the longest streak since the NYPD began recording statistics with a computer program in 1994. The previous record was 10 days.
OrXR TIL scientists have forced naked mole rats to live in concentrated areas of radiation and injected with carcinogens, but they have never developed cancer. They tolerate acid, live 6 times longer than other rodents, they survive long periods of oxygen deprivation and can live in heavy polluted areas.
GAKW5 TIL that increasing the wind speed by 2x increases the wind power available by 8x
6Eonm TIL that the reason we refer to people as redheads instead of more accurately as “orangeheads” is because both the fruit and the word to describe its color doesn’t enter the English language until the 1300’s.